different between provoke vs sharpen
provoke
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French provoquer, from Old French, from Latin pr?voc?re. Doublet of provocate.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p???v??k/
- (US) IPA(key): /p???vo?k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Verb
provoke (third-person singular simple present provokes, present participle provoking, simple past and past participle provoked)
- (transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
- Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath.
- (transitive) To bring about a reaction.
- 1881, John Burroughs, Pepacton
- To the poet the meaning is what he pleases to make it, what it provokes in his own soul.
- 1881, John Burroughs, Pepacton
- (obsolete) To appeal.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (bring about a reaction): bring about, discompose, egg on, engender, evoke, grill, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, invoke, rouse, set off, stir up, whip up; see also Thesaurus:incite
Derived terms
- provocation
- provocative
Related terms
- evoke
- invoke
- provocateur
- revoke
Translations
provoke From the web:
- what provoked the march revolution
- what provokes romeo to speak aloud
- what provoked the attack on fort sumter
- what provoked shays rebellion
- what provoked the third crusade
- what provokes an attack of opportunity 5e
- what provoke means
- what provoked the mexican american war
sharpen
English
Etymology
From Middle English scharpenen, scharpnen, equivalent to sharp +? -en.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /????p?n/
- Rhymes: -??(?)p?n
Verb
sharpen (third-person singular simple present sharpens, present participle sharpening, simple past and past participle sharpened)
- (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To make sharp.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
- He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
- (intransitive) To become sharp.
Synonyms
- hone (figurative sense)
- whet
Antonyms
- blunt
- blur
Derived terms
- sharpener
Translations
Anagrams
- Hapners, pherans
sharpen From the web:
- what sharpens iron
- what sharpens a knife
- what sharpening stone to buy
- what sharpens steel
- what sharpens knives
- what sharpens scissors
- what sharpening stone for kitchen knives
- what sharpens your brain
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